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AFTER THE ROADMAP: TOWARD BETTER PROGRAMS AND SERVICE DELIVERY Report of the Standing Committee on Official Languages Hon. Michael Chong, M.P. Chair NOVEMBER 2012 41st PARLIAMENT, FIRST SESSION Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons SPEAKER’S PERMISSION Reproduction of the proceedings of the House of Commons and its Committees, in whole or in part and in any medium, is hereby permitted provided that the reproduction is accurate and is not presented as official. This permission does not extend to reproduction, distribution or use for commercial purpose of financial gain. Reproduction or use outside this permission or without authorization may be treated as copyright infringement in accordance with the Copyright Act. Authorization may be obtained on written application to the Office of the Speaker of the House of Commons. Reproduction in accordance with this permission does not constitute publication under the authority of the House of Commons. 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Mauril Bélanger Dan Harris Scott Reid Ray Boughen Pierre Jacob Blake Richards Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet François Lapointe Kyle Seeback Ruth Ellen Brosseau Roseane Doré Lefebvre Robert Sopuck Brad Butt Chungsen Leung John Weston Ron Cannan José Nunez Melo John Williamson François Choquette Costas Menegakis Wai Young Rick Dykstra Ted Opitz Bob Zimmer iii CLERK OF THE COMMITTEE Simon Larouche LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT Parliamentary Information and Research Service Lucie Lecomte iv THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON OFFICIAL LANGUAGES has the honour to present its SECOND REPORT Pursuant to its mandate under Standing Order 108(3)(f), the Committee has studied Evaluation of the Roadmap: Improving Programs and Service Delivery and has agreed to report the following: v TABLE OF CONTENTS AFTER THE ROADMAP: TOWARD BETTER PROGRAMS AND SERVICE DELIVERY ...................................................................................................... 1 PART I ....................................................................................................................... 1 A. Scope of study and structure of report ............................................................. 1 B. Roadmap for Canada’s Linguistic Duality 2008-2013: Acting for the Future .................................................................................................. 2 C. Initial observations ........................................................................................... 3 D. Challenges facing English-speaking communities in Quebec .......................... 5 1. Limited access to the Roadmap .................................................................. 5 2. Commitments under Part VII of the Official Languages Act and respect for provincial jurisdiction .................................................................................. 6 3. Design of federal programs ......................................................................... 7 4. Possible solutions ....................................................................................... 8 E. The Government of Canada’s future horizontal official languages initiative ...................................................................................................... 9 F. The Roadmap: A complementary strategy ..................................................... 12 PART II: AREAS OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION .......................................... 13 A. Health ............................................................................................................. 13 1. Health: an area of exemplary cooperation ................................................. 13 2. Roadmap 2008-2013 Investments: Initiatives and success stories ........... 14 3. Evidence and recommendations ............................................................... 18 3.1 Support for health research ............................................................... 18 3.2 New technologies............................................................................... 19 3.3 Recruitment of foreign-trained health professionals ........................... 20 3.4 Access to health care for caregivers and seniors .............................. 21 B. Immigration .................................................................................................... 23 1. Immigration: An important issue for OLMC ............................................... 23 2. 2008-2013 Roadmap Investments: Initiatives and success stories ........... 24 2.1 Recruitment and integration of immigrants (Citizenship and Immigration Canada) ............................................................................... 24 2.2 Support to Francophone Immigration in New Brunswick (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) ................................................................ 26 vii 3. Evidence and recommendations ............................................................... 27 3.1 Settlement services ............................................................................ 27 3.2 Immigrant women’s services .............................................................. 28 3.3 Immigration challenges facing Quebec’s Anglophone communities ............................................................................................. 29 C. Community development ............................................................................... 31 1. 2008-2013 Roadmap Investments: Initiatives and success stories ........... 31 1.1 Intergovernmental cooperation (Canadian Heritage) ......................... 31 1.2 Support for Official Language Minority Communities (Canadian Heritage) .................................................................................................. 33 2. Evidence and recommendations ............................................................... 33 2.1 Investing in support for OLMC organizations and institutions ............ 33 2.2 Multi-year funding .............................................................................. 37 2.3 Increasing investments ...................................................................... 38 2.4 Northern communities ........................................................................ 40 D. Economic development .................................................................................. 40 1. Language sector initiatives. 2008-2013 Roadmap Investments: Initiatives and success stories ....................................................................... 41 1.1 Language sector promotion: Language Technologies Research Centre (National Research Council of Canada)....................... 41 1.2 Language Industry Initiative (Translation Bureau, Public Works and Government Services Canada) .............................................. 41 2. Support for OLMC economic development: Initiatives and success stories 42 2.1 Economic Development Initiative ....................................................... 42 2.1.1 Industry Canada ............................................................... 42 2.1.2 Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor) ...................................................................... 43 2.1.3 Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) ............... 43 2.1.4 Economic Development Agency of Canada for Quebec Regions ....................................................................... 44 2.1.5 Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) .......................................... 44 2.1.6 Western Economic Diversification Canada ...................... 45 2.2 Enabling Fund for OLMC (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) ............................................................................. 46 viii 3. Evidence and recommendations ..............................................................